The Tessin Palace ( sv, Tessinska palatset) is a
baroque town house located in
Gamla stan Gamla stan (, "The Old Town"), until 1980 officially Staden mellan broarna ("The Town between the Bridges"), is the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Gamla stan consists primarily of the island Stadsholmen. Officially, but not colloquially, Gamla stan ...
, the old town in central
Stockholm. Located next to the
Royal Palace, it is facing
Slottsbacken, the major approach to the Stockholm Palace, and flanked by two alleys,
Finska Kyrkogränd and
Bollhusgränd.
The mansion was constructed between 1694 and 1700 by architect
Nicodemus Tessin the Younger
Count Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (May 23, 1654 – April 10, 1728) was a Swedish Baroque architect, city planner, and administrator.
The son of Nicodemus Tessin the Elder and the father of Carl Gustaf Tessin, Tessin the Younger was the midd ...
. The building was inherited by Tessin's son
Carl Gustaf Tessin
Count Carl Gustaf Tessin (5 September 1695 – 7 January 1770) was a Swedish Count and politician and son of architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger and Hedvig Eleonora Stenbock. He was one of the most brilliant personages of his day, and the mo ...
who had to sell it in 1755 for financial reasons. The palace later became property of the crown and has been used as residence for the
Governor of Stockholm and later
Governor of Stockholm County.
See also
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Architecture of Stockholm
The architecture of Stockholm has a history that dates back to the 13th century, possibly even earlier. According to some sources, there might have been a simple defense structure, perhaps a small castle, on the northeast part of the island Stad ...
Palaces in Stockholm
Tessinska Palatset
Baroque palaces in Sweden
Official residences of Swedish county governors
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